Word: strove
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Message of the American Indian." In the course of his talk he discussed the boy scout movement in its relation to old Indian customs and methods. Declaring that the day of the old-fashioned Indian was past, Mr. Seton told of the ridiculous efforts of the missionaries who strove to turn the Indians from a religion which they themselves often believed. Mr. Seton ended his lecture by predicting that the Government would in time learn to treat the Indian with proper respect, leaving them their religion, their customs, and their homes. "There are good men in the Indian Bureau...
...Huntington at point played a steady, hard game, and was the mainstay of the defence. The forward line played an aggressive game throughout, but was most effectively prevented from scoring by the excellent body-checking of all three of the Princeton backs, who never followed the puck but merely strove to put the opposing forwards out of the play. Then, too, the unusual ability of Peacock, the Princeton goal, turned aside at least three excellent shots in the second half. As a final summing up of the game it may be said that the forwards were unable to cope with...